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东洋鬼
Dōng yáng guǐ
Pinyin
Definition
东洋鬼
-
Dōng yáng guǐ
foreign devil
wartime term of abuse for Japanese
Character Decomposition
东
乚
一
小
洋
氵
羊
鬼
鬼
Related Words
(20)
洋葱
yáng cōng
1
onion (Allium cepa)
2
bulb onion
海洋
hǎi yáng
1
ocean
2
CL:個|个[gè]
鬼
guǐ
1
ghost
2
demon
3
terrible
4
damnable
5
clever
6
sly
7
crafty
8
(suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
9
one of the 28 constellations
魔鬼
mó guǐ
1
devil
南洋
Nán yáng
1
Southeast Asia
2
South seas
吝啬鬼
lìn sè guǐ
1
miser
2
penny-pincher
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
1
leech
2
bloodsucking vermin
3
vampire (translated European notion)
4
fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
1
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
喜洋洋
xǐ yáng yáng
1
radiant with joy
大洋
dà yáng
1
ocean
2
(old) silver dollar
大西洋
Dà xī yáng
1
Atlantic Ocean
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
1
Pacific Ocean
小气鬼
xiǎo qì guǐ
1
miser
2
penny-pincher
小鬼
xiǎo guǐ
1
little demon (term of endearment for a child)
2
mischievous child
3
imp
懒洋洋
lǎn yāng yāng
1
lazily
暖洋洋
nuǎn yáng yáng
1
warm
2
comfortably warm
死鬼
sǐ guǐ
1
devil
2
You devil! (as joke or insult)
3
the departed
汪洋
wāng yáng
1
vast body of water
2
CL:片[piàn]
洋
yáng
1
ocean
2
vast
3
foreign
4
silver dollar or coin
洋人
yáng rén
1
foreigner
2
Westerner
Idioms
(20)
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
1
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
1
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
1
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
1
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
1
to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
2
to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
1
to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
1
to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
1
lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
2
fig. with money, you can do anything you like
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
1
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
2
fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
1
city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
1
lit. an ocean of writing
2
an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
1
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
2
proud
3
complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
1
voluminous
2
flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
1
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
2
proud
3
complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
1
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
1
brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
1
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
1
lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
2
fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
1
supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
2
uncanny workmanship
3
superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
1
the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
2
curious coincidence
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